Word: sds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speech was clearly aimed at recruiting volunteers for his campaign. Volunteer cards were passed out at the door. But the entire program, including the talks by Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of law, Gerald Holton, professor of physics, and Carl Oglesby, president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), took so long -- more than two hours -- that most of the audience seemed tired at its end. Almost everybody left after Adams' speech was finished; only a handful remained to question the candidate personally
Adams will be joined by Gerald Holton, professor of physics, Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of law, and Carl Oglesby, the president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS...
...sophomore burns his draft card and another tears his up. Boston meat-packers tell SDS members that "anyone who's afraid to fight doesn't belong in America" and draw their attention to a nearby can of gasoline. Residents of the North End knock an SDS speaker down and kick him in the face...
...Still, SDS has added a needed dimension to Harvard politics. Although SDS may not display the breadth of concern which the Young Democrats or the Young Republicans do, it does consider its adopted issues with a depth the other groups lack. Also, in an age of increasing power for the Federal government, SDS does help redress the balance nicely with its emphasis on local activities...
Perhaps because SDS radicals and liberal groups operate on different assumptions, perhaps because of the nature of the topics they discuss, or possibly due to sheer personal dislike, no dialogue has yet evolved between SDS and the other political groups. Hopefully, as SDS becomes even more political next year and as they begin to find their place within the political spectrum at Harvard, such a dialogue may begin. If that happens, SDS may soon bring its position more in line with conventional views, while other, more traditional people may come to appreciate both the existence and the relevance...